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Free lunch? No such thing. $5 lunch? We have just the thing. From burgers to bratwurst, there’s a nearby eatery that keeps both your wallet and stomach full.

1. Stone Elephant
$5 » Quesadillas or chicken tenders
The vibe: Transforms from family restaurant to party place/sports bar during Karaoke or … more

Garland Road is home to some of the most beautiful and unattractive parts of Dallas

Garland Road accesses some of the most beautiful and culturally rich aspects of Dallas — White Rock Lake, the Dallas Arboretum, Samuell-Grand Park.

But it also contains a few things some people would like to … more

New TV series ‘The Good Guys’ spotlights our neighborhood

Two cops burst into a back street and give chase to the bad guy who just robbed a pharmacy. A director yells “Cut!” and they do it again and again for the cameras.

This is not a Hollywood soundstage; it’s an … more

White Rock Lake gets lots of love, but could its advocates do more by combining efforts?

To clarify, people who love the lake take care of it — and celebrate it.

Denver has the Rockies, San Diego has breathtaking beaches and Dallas has White Rock Lake. It might be a … more

For her European travels, she invented her own language —  Springlish, an amalgamation of English, French, Spanish and Italian. She has a favorite seat on 763, 777 and MD80 airplanes, and if it’s not available, she sometimes changes her flight. And she once packed for a weeklong business trip in … more

New novel draws from the life of Crumpler’s deaf son

Lakewood author Jeannette Crumpler’s new book, “Cumberton’s Gold”, is a novel with a charitable mission.

She wrote the book as a gift to the Lakewood nonprofit Disciples of Trinity, known to most as D.O.T., which helps terminally ill people with … more

Even if her name doesn’t ring a bell, if you’ve driven down Henderson Avenue recently, you’ve seen artist and jewelry maker Andrea Reich Fender’s work.

If Burger Spot has a flaw, it’s lack of seating. Since it opened last November, it has attracted droves of carnivorous White Rock area dwellers with its tasty burgers, salty fries and those addictive fried jalapeños (those and the black bean burgers have us hooked). But it’s not just the … more

Two and a half years ago, raw foodist Miranda Martinez weighed 200 pounds. At 5-foot-2, her health was in bad shape.